Last modified: 2016-02-08
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to investigate Cukurova University CEIT department's students' philosophical perception in terms of various variables. Two points are important. One of them is different educational philosophies. Another one is age, years in college, gender, academic achievement, and family income level. This study of descriptive quality was performed on 182 undergraduate students of the Cukurova University. For data collection, the “Philosophical preference Assessment” scale which was constituted by Doğanay & Sarı (2002) was used. In general, survey method was used. In the analysis of data obtained from the survey , one-way variance analysis, reliability analysis, independent samples t-test and the data of the frequency, mean and standard deviation were analyze Analyses conducted show that there were year-based differences only in the views of participants who selected realism as their first preference. A Post Hoc Scheffe test was conducted to examine the source of this difference, and it was found that third-year students had higher scores. Statistically significant gender-based differences were present only among the views of the prospective teachers who selected persistence as their first preference. Students prefer to use only realism and prennialism. They do not prefer to integrate other educational philosophies which are called experimentalism, idealism and existentialism.It was considered that the CEIT students should be encouraged by the factors affecting the level of learning educational philosophies throughout the educational period. After that, CEIT students as a prospective teacher should find a way to integrate other philosophies in their computer lessons.Another important point is to search why other educational philosophies were not favored. This point can be recommended for academicians for their study.